Excavating-scoop.



W. H. GADE.

BXGAVATING SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED sEPInIa, 1911.

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'WILLIAM H. GADE, OF IOWA FALLS, IOWA.

EXCAVATINGSCOOP.

Speci cation of'Letters Patent.

resented Jan. 9,1912.

Application filed September 1.8, 1911. Serial No. 649,989.L

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it knownv that I, WILLIAM H. GADE, a citizen of the Unitedv States, residing at Iowa Falls, in the county ofv Hardin and -State of"lowa,'have invented a new and useful Excavating-Scoop, of which the following is a specification.

Thepresent invention relates to improvements in excavating scoops', and the primary object of the invention is the provision of a scoop especially designed for use 1n drama ge excavating and adapted tobe attached to a boom, a hoist rope and a drag rope being connected thereto with the interposition of a fixed length of flexible connection which is adapted to be held taut by the pullingof said hoist rope and drag rope to per-mit the scoop to assume a dirt receiving or digging position and a dumping position, a: peculiar formof mechanism being designed to operate simultaneously'with the dumping mechanism to' clean the earth from the rear wall I and bottom of the scoop to prevent the adherence of the dirt at such points. lVith the foregoing and vother 'objects 1n view which will appear as the description proceeds,'the invention resides in the com` bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of in= vention herein -disclosed can be made within the scope` of what'is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention'. I' In the drawings-Figure 1 1s a side elevation of the scoop in the position which it andits operating parts assume when being lled,idotted lines showing the dumping position of the scoop and its Darts. Fig. 2 is a top plan view-of the'scoop in lling position.

Referring yto the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the scoop which as shown has upstanding therefrom, at the rear portion and upper edge and beyond the. center of gravity two oppositely disposed lugs 2, through each of which is passed the bolt 3 for connecting the lower ends i and the brackets 5, which form with said lower ends 4 a Vforkfor the support' of the bail B. Formed integral' with the lower end of the terminalsfi of the bail and atan angle thereto, slightly greater' than a right angle, are the arms 6, which a1 bridged and connected together by means or the bar 7,' which forms a scraper blade, the same being normally in contact with the surslightly upward as shown in elevation in Fig. E1, and forming a means to assist in the cutting action of the scoop -as ,will presently appear. Connectedy tol the bail are Ythe brackets 14e,V a pin 15 being connected tothe bail and through said brackets,and forming va pivotalconnection for the terminals 16 and' 17 of the` main dragging bail 18 and the auxiliary Areinforcing bail 19, said auxiliary bail 19 being connected to the main bail 18 .through the medium ofthe bar 20, whose forward ends and the forward ends of the bail 18 are connected together by means ofV the rivets @,vthus rigidly connecting the `main bail '18 and the auxiliary bail. 19 together for movement in unity.

1 Mounted on 'the outer end of the bail i is a pin 21, lto `which is connected'the drag line 22,v and disposed above and in parallelto the bar 20 is a rod 23, which provides a.

slide for the reception of the ringv 24, fleXi-gv bly mounted inthe lower end vof the short cable 25, which passes up and over thepulley' 9 and. has its endQG flexibly connected tok the intermediate-bail 27, and has its lower 4end connected by means of the bolts 28 to the upper projecting ends 29 of the U-shaped' cutter blade30. This U-shaped cutter blade 30v is riveted vupon the sides' andthe bottom of the forward edge of the scoop and forms a reinforcement as well as a cutter .for the earth entering the same, the adjoining portion y31 thereof being inline with the front edge of the scoop as clearly shown in 2. Disposed in parallel and having their cutting ends 0l projecting beyond the forward edge of the scoop and the bla-de 31, are a plurality of short digging teeth 32'and intermediate long digging teeth 33, each of said teeth being made from a single piece of metal bent upon itself to form a reduced .downwardly-turned cutting end al and the parallel and spaced terminals 34 and 35, which'are adapted to span the thiclmesslof the metal of the scoop and also the blade 31 and be secx ed in place by means of the rivets 36, thus providing a reinforcement means for theflexible portion of the scoop and assisting the transverse portion. 31 of the blade in such action.

Connected atjpoints 37 and 38 to derside'andv rear wall of the scoop and at equi-distant points are the shoes 39, Ithe heelv portion of which is directly below the-junction of the bottom wall with the rear wall of the scoop and in such'position as to when the scoop fis dragged along thesurface' to tilt .the 'cutting edge 31 and the teeth d Ac lownwardly 'so' that when the drag line 22 is pulled upon,v the cutting edge of the scoop will be projected intov thesurface so as to cut the dirtl and-'to'v cause the same to be deliv.

ered to-and within the scoop,vthe parts dur- -l ing this operation being in the position as shown in Fig. 1.'-

' From the foregoing description, taken' in' r connection with the awings, itis evident 'that "with a scoop constructed as herein set forth, that is, with the steel shoes 39,' itis evident when dragged along the ground, th at the digging teeth 32 and 33 and the cut` ting edge of the scoop will enter the surface, the scoop will be filled by being drawn for- -Ward by the drag cable 22. It is also, evident thatI when the scoop is filled it is removed from the excavation by means ofthe cable 11 which is ordinarily carried to will swing upon the pivot 2 of the bail B,

so that the front of vthe scoop will swing "downwardly and the dirt be forced therefrom, this action `simultaneously tilting the scraping blade 7 upon the surface a at the rear of the scoop so as to prevent the adherence of the dirt to the rear wall and the bot. tom of the scoop atthat point.

By producing a small scoop or excavator with the cleaner 7, a' more rapid action is posible, and by means of theshoes 39 which the unhold the scoop at -any given angle and prevent the scoop from 'slipping into the bottom of the ditch sidewise, it is evident that a very practical drainage and ditch excavating scoop is provided, and that by making the teeth 32 and 33 of a single piece of metal bent upon itself, that the same will assist in reinforcing the flexible edge of the scoop and provide a sharp -cutting edge for cutting into a hard surface.

What is claimed is:

l. A drag line excavating scoop, having a body, a lifting'bail pivotally connected-'to the upper edge thereof'to the rear of the center of gravity, another bail rigidly conne'cted to project beyond the open frontend of said body, a drag line bail pivot-allyconnected to the rigid bail and extending forwardly of said -rigid bail, a rod-carried by the drag line bail and in line with 'the drag line'at all times, and a .flexible connection of a fixed length having Yone vendfast to the lforward upper ends of--the body, -the body portion being slidable through the. apex of thelifting bailfwhile the otherend is"slidV ably connected vto the rod of the dragfline bail.

. 2. A drag line excavating scoop, having a body, a lifting bailpivotally connected to the upper'edgev thereofl to the .rear of the center vof gravity, another bail rigidly connected to project beyondt-he open frontend 'of the body, a drag linebail pivotally connectedv to the rigid bail and'exftend'ing for.- wardlyA ofthe-'rigid bail, Va rodconnected to and carried by'the-drag 'line bail and .dis-

posediin line with-the drag line at allitfiines,

another bail havin-g its terminals' pivoted to the' upperA edges of thebody, a pulley disposed at the apexv ofthe liftingbail, 'a flexible connection having one "termi-nal connect.

ed to the -bail pivoted to the front edge'of the body and passing through said pulley,

and a ring carried in the other terminalof the iiexible connect-ion mounted uponthe rod of the'drag line bail. vIn testimony that I claim'the foregoing as my own, ll have hereto aflixed my signa'-` ture in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLnlM-H. sans.

Witnesses i R. Ol FowLEl-z,

J. H. LARsoN. y

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